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No. 65u73,

B A G H 0 L D E R v [Application led Sept. 27, 1899.)

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` .BEAMAN' SMITH, OF STONEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

"BAG-HOLDER.

SPEGIFICATIN forming wie of Letters Patent No.. 651,773, dat-.ed June12, 1900. Application filed September 27, 1899. Serial N0. 731.840. (Nomodel.)

Toa/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEAMAN C. SMITH, of-

Stoneham, in the count-y of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficientdevice adapted to hold a bag opened and in position to be convenientlyfilled and to readily release the bag when it has been lled.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bag-holder embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3represents an enlargement of a portion of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents aside view showing the device folded. j

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

My improved bag-holder comprises a sup porting frame having twohorizontal .top members 2 2, separated by an open space. Said topmembers are preferably connected by cross-pieces 3 3, the wholeconstituting a rectangular frame.

a a, represent substantially-parallel cross-- bars, which extend acrossthespace between the members 2 2. Each bar d is connected at one edge byhinges a with suitable parts of the supporting-frame, said parts0 beinghere shown as slotted slides 4 4f, movable on the members 2 2 to varythe distance between the bars a a, the said Vslides, being held bythumb-nuts 5 5. The hinges are arranged so that oneedge of each bar acan swing 11pwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the axial linesof the hinges being at the upper corners of the bars.

c c represent hooks attached to the inner or hinged edges of the bars aa, said hooks being upturned and located below and in close proximity'tothe axial lines of the hinges, so that when a bag is suspended from thehooks the weight of the bag has no tendency to swing the hooksdownwardly. Owing, however, to the close proximity of the hooks to theaxial lines of the hinges, the bars can be .very easily swung upwardly,as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus swinging the hooksdownwardly and outwardly and withdrawing them from the bag. The bag cantherefore be hung upon .the hooks when the bars are in the positionshown in Fig. 2, its mouth being held open, and when the bag has beenfilled the hooks `can be withdrawn without strain on the bag by swingingthe bars, as above indicated.

The adj ustability of the bars a d by means of the slides 4 Ll enablesthe hooks to be adjusted to any size of bag.

The top members 2 2 and their connectingpieces 3 3 may be supported byany suitable means at a convenient distance above the floor. I have here.shown as the supporting means a bottom Vframe or base g and fourjointed uprights d, each connected at its upper and lower ends to thetop and bottom frames by hinges d d', the sections of the uprights beingconnected at their meeting ends byhinges d2. The hinges d d' d2 arearranged so that the nprights can be folded inwardly between the top andbottom frames, as shown in Fig. 4, the device being thus compactlyfolded. When the uprights are in their operative position, their jointsare locked by means of tongues f, pivoted ate'l to the upper sections ofthe uprights, and keepers j on the lower sections formed to receive saidtongues, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

My invention is not limited to means for adjusting the bars ac nor to afolding support for said bars.

I prefer to recess the hinged edges of the bars oo a, as shown, so thatthe upwardlyturned points of the hooks will be substan-V tially on theaxial lines of the hinges. (See Figs. 2 'and 3.) This arrangement causesthe weight of the bag to bear on the hooks slightly within the axiallines of the bars, or, inu other words, between the axial lines of thehinges and the swinging edges of the barso.

I claim- 1. A bag-holder comprising a supportingframe having top membersseparated by an open space, two substantially-parallel bars extendingacross said space and each hinged at one edge, the hinges being arrangedso that the opposite edge of the bar is adapted to swing upwardly, andhooks projecting from IOO the hinged edges of the bars, the hooks ofeach bar beingy located in close proximity to the axial line of the hinges,whereby the hooks kand extending acrosssaid space, each bar havinghooks on its hinged edge.

3. Abag-holder comprisinga top'fra-me and a bottom frame or base,jointed uprights oonneeting said top frame and base'and each hinged atits upper and ower ends andrat its' middle portion, the hinges beingarranged so thateaoh upright canV foldinwardly between the lframes,means forvlocking the joints of the uprights to hold them in theiroperative position, and two substantially-parallel b'ars .extendingacross the space surrounded by the top frame, eachbar being hinged atone edge yand provided lwith hooks projecting from its lhinged edge.

In testimony whereof I have aii'ixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses. s BEAMAN C. SMITHi Witnesses C YF. BROWN,

E. BATCHELDER.

